Mechanical movement



C. CONLON.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11. I916.

Patented June 29, 1920.

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' INVENTOR Clzaries 00211071 ZTNESSES ATTORNEY C. CONLON.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, I916.

' 1,344,989. Patented June 29,1920.

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INVEN TOR clzar/e 3 ConIo/I ATTORNEY 9 CHARLES Conn-on, or L mep NEW YORK. 1

MECHANICAL OVEMENT.

Specification of Letters mat. P te ted J 29,

Application filed November 11, iii J16. Serial mil 1807557.

To, a ll whom it may concern Be it known that IQCHA'RLES Coivtorna citizen of the United States, residing I at Lynbrook, in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented. certain new'and;

useful Improvements in Mechanical Movements, of which thefollowing is a specification. This invention relate's to, a mechanical movement whereby a plurality of members may be vertically adjusted'in unison and isparticularly adapted to be usedrin agricultural machinery as will be hereinafter more fully described.

A still further object consists so mounting the main structure uponthe supporting and traction wheel, that slight movement of the'supporting frame structure with respect to said wheels is permitted to thus give a certain degree of flexibility which will compensate for irregularities in the surface.

7 ment to all .of the plow supporting shafts 53and will consequently bring'all of the;

.80 height. A segmental rack 60 is mounted on a suitable bearing provided on the cross bar 49 and has the teeth thereofmeshing with over which theimplement is being used.

W 1th the above and other ob ects in V ew, my lnventionconslsts in CeItELlIL'IlOVGl features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter set forth in connection with the 'drawings and. then more .particularly pointed out the claims. T

In the drawings:.-,

Figure lis a view in side elevationshow ing the 'ClGVlCG of my invention fitted as a plow.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure disclosed in Fig. 1. j

A frame 34 is mounted at the rear of the frame portion 1 to be capable of swinging movement.

A cross bar 49 which is constructed as a part of the frame portion M has. a plate 50 mounted at the approximate center thereof and arranged to be capable of turning movement, the clamp bolts 51 being provided to be tightened down to retain this turning plate 50 in any desired adjustment within the length of securement of said clamp bolt. A supporting bar 52 is carried by the turningplate 50 and the plow shafts 53 are BX-.

tended through spaced apart openings in this supporting bar 52 and are arran ed to be capable of vertical adjustment. lhese plow supporting shafts 53 are preferably substantially cylindrical and have rack teeth formed thereon as shown at 54: to extend entirely around the periphery of the shaft. The plow shares 55 are mounted on the lower end of these shafts 54 and as a general proposition the shafts-andthe plow sharesare free to have sliding. movement through .the beanlnos 56 provided; on the cross bar 52.

A shaft 57 is mountedonthe supporting bar 52 adjacent to the mounting of the plow supportingshafts 53 andthe gear wheels 58 are secured onthis shaft 57 with the teeth thereof in mesh with the racks54: as provided on ,the shafts 53 so thatas the shaft. 57 is locked,

the'gear wheels will beheld against turning and in consequence the plow supporting shafts .53 will ,be secured against vertical movement within. the bearing portions 56. A dog 59,.asshown in .dotted lines in Fig.

1 is mountedonthe supportingbar 52 and is so arranged that it may be swung to en-" gage with the teeth of one'of the gear wheels 58 and in consequence to lockthe shaft 57 against turning. As the several gear wheels are fixed onthe shaft. 57,-turning ofthe shaft will give the desired equal .adjustplow shares 55 to be disposed .at thesame the'rack teeth 54; of on'eof the shafts ,53,

an arm 61 being providedin.conjunction w th this segmentalrack-to accomplish-operation ofithesamer An operating lever 62 is mounted at apoint upon the frame struc- Y tune so that-itis readilyaccessible from the operatorsseatand has the'link63 connected therefrom to the operating arm 61 of the segmental member 60, so that as the operating lever 62 is swung in the one direction or the other, assuming that the dog 59 has been released, this segmental rack 60 will cause the particular plow supportin shaft with which it is associated'to be raised or lowered and through the fact that the gear wheels 58 mesh with the teeth or rack for- .mations on each of the shafts, this shaft carried by the operating lever 62 caught therein to hold the adjustment of the segmental rack 60, and if it be desired, the dog 59 can be again returned to its engaged po-- sition with that gear wheel 58 with which it is associated so that the shaft 57 will be positively locked against turning. As has been stated, the supporting bar 52 is mounted to the disk or plate 50, to be capable of swinging movement with respect to the frame portion 34, and by adjusting this sup porting bar 52 to extend substantially at' fright'anglesto the line of draft of the machine or by bringing the same to be angularly disposed, the distances between the furrows will be varied. It will of course be understood that when *shiftingof the supporting bar 52is to be accomplished, means must be provided to maintai n'the alinement of the plow shares 55 sothat they will at all times operate prop erly and with this in mind I provide a shift ing arm 65 on each of the plow supporting shafts 53. A connecting bar or shifting bar 66 is joined with each of the shifting arms 65 at the outer end thereof to be capablevof swinging movement," and this connecting bar is preferably set'in itsmiddle portion upon a fixed bearing so that irrespectiveof' thereon, and in other ways modifications can be made in the structure. While in the forethe shifting movement which may be given to the supporting bar 52, the plow shares 55 will be held at all times to point in a for ward direction and to travel in a direct line with the line of movement of the implement.

Ifdesired, the traction wheels and the carrying wheels might have the tread sur' faces thereof roughened or ribbed, or these wheels might have cushion tires mounted going I-have shown only specific attachments or mechanisms as beingpart of the implement, it will be appreciated from a consideration of the-structure as hereinbefore'described and as disclosed in the drawings that anumber of variations and modi fications mightbe resorted to both in the form and arrangement of the parts as described and also in the fitting of other mechanisms in conjunction with the permanently arranged portions of the implement, and thus, while I have herein shown and described only specific forms, I do not wish to be limited to the exact disclosure but only to such points as may be set forth the claims,

I claim: 7

1. In a.mechanical*inovement, a support-- ing plate, a second plate pivotally connected thereto, a plurality ofrack'bars mounted mounted through the'plate, means'connect ing the rack b'arjsto insure operation thereof, in unison, a segmentmeshing with one of said rack bars, and means adapted to im part movement to the segment whereby movement is imparted torall of said rack i. .I v 7 3; Invamechanicjal movement, a supporting plate, 'asecond plate pivotally connected thereto, a plurality of rack bars slidably" mounted through said second mentioned plate, a shaft mounted adjacent said rack bars, a plurality of gears mounted thereon and adapted to mesh with said rack bars, a segment meshing'with one of said rack bars','means'for imparting movement lJOSiIld segment whereby saidrackbars are ad usted n unison, and means for IIIiLlIl-I taming-said rack bars inalinement.

In testimony whereof I afiixniyls'ignature in presence oftwo' witnesses. CHARLES CONLON.

Witnesses:

PEDER HUEss; OLIVER B. STONE. 

